Patrick Black
Aluminum
- Joined
- Dec 11, 2007
- Location
- Middle Tennessee
Back in February I got a DoAll VS 612 surface grinder. Being a basic unit, it didn't come with any provisions for limiting or arresting the longitudinal table travel. I searched PM as well as other forums to see if anyone had posted a solution. I found several posts where it was talked about, but nobody had actually done it, so I had to come up with my own. The attached photos show what I came up with. I thought it might be helpful in case anybody else was looking for ideas.
I think the photos are pretty self-explanatory. It's mostly mild steel (scrap) with bronze "brake shoes" captured internally to lock the slidey blocks in place. The last photo shows one of the blocks dismantled and turned upside down to show the details of how it goes together and works. I put cold-blue on the steel to help with preservation since oiling it up seems like a bad idea on a surface grinder.
Thanks for looking,
Pat Black




I think the photos are pretty self-explanatory. It's mostly mild steel (scrap) with bronze "brake shoes" captured internally to lock the slidey blocks in place. The last photo shows one of the blocks dismantled and turned upside down to show the details of how it goes together and works. I put cold-blue on the steel to help with preservation since oiling it up seems like a bad idea on a surface grinder.
Thanks for looking,
Pat Black



